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Mental Health
Employment Services
Education for
Adults & Families
Community Health
Family Health Center
Passages Charter School
Suburban Office
AmeriCorps |
Community Health
4753 N Broadway,
Suite 722, Chicago, IL 60640-4995
Hours: Monday
through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
For information, call
(773) 293-8460
or email
jkim@ahschicago.org
BANYAN TREE
PROGRAMS
Our Banyan Tree
programs reach out to the HIV/AIDS community. It provides prevention education,
outreach, case management, individual counseling and support groups,
complementary therapy, and housing advocacy to the HIV-positive community. Services include:
HIV/Viral Hepatitis Prevention Workshop &
HIV Testing for Asian Immigrants & Asian MSM
Linguistically and
culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS prevention educational sessions,
literatures and prevention supplies.
Case Management for People Living
with
HIV/AIDS
Case management, individual
counseling, and support groups for people who are HIV-positive living in
north-side communities.
HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH
HIV/AIDS (HOPWA)
Housing advocacy for people
who are HIV-positive living in the north-side communities to help
maintain stable and independent housing.
African Refugee AIDS Project (ARAP)
Culturally relevant HIV
prevention educational workshops, educational materials, HIV prevention
supplies, testing services and referrals targeting African refugees and
immigrants living in Chicago.
HEALTHY
FAMILIES PROGRAMS
Healthy Families
provides the following services to our community:
Project
Sunrise
Project Sunrise
offers services to all ages who are developmentally
disabled and their families.
Asian Women Breast Cancer Prevention Project
Community-based,
learning-by-participation and active approach to empower Asian
immigrants and refugee women to know their own bodies and to motivate to
do Breast Self Examination each month with routine clinical breast
examination and mammogram every year.
Positive
Parenting (P2)
P2 provides
positive parenting education sessions in child development and parenting
skills among immigrant and refugee parents. P2 collaborates with
Passages Charter School in implementing a conflict resolution
curriculum.
Diabetes Education
Campaign
This program
provides diabetes prevention and management information and risk
assessment to the Asian American community.
Heart Smart
for Women
A step-by-step,.12-week program for Asian women that focuses on
developing new skills, increasing physical activity, increasing
nutrition knowledge and accomplishing healthier lifestyle goals.
Community
Health Fairs
We host free,
annual Winter and Spring Health Fairs for health/cancer screenings,
immunization, healthy lifestyles education (including nutrition), and
physician referrals.
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